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The digital divide describes the discrepancies in equity of access to digital devices and the Internet. Addressing this divide is crucial for educators to ensure students all have access to the opportunities, services, and vehicles for learning offered by the Internet and digital devices. Equal access is a goal toward which we must all actively work toward. The resources here are organized with the first half defining the digital divide and describing the necessity in addressing it. The second half discusses ways that administrators, librarians, teachers, and parents can take action to address the digital divide. Those resources present ideas for addressing the divide within several different school technology infrastructures. There are also resources that address problems with student access to the Internet (or the lack thereof) as well as the lack of access to coding education. Finally, the resources toward the end discuss ways of ensuring equity of access to specific oft-marginalized groups and ways that access to technology can be used.